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Suryakumar thanks PM Modi for visiting Team India dressing room post WC loss | Cricket
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Following a crushing loss to Australia in the 2023 World Cup final last Sunday, the members of the Indian team were visited by prime minister Narendra Modi in the dressing room in Ahmedabad. The PM offered words of solace to the players, and talked to captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid, Mohammed Shami, and Ravindra Jadeja, and also met every playing member of the side. Jadeja and Shami also took to their official X (formerly Twitter) profiles to post a picture with the prime minister, and thanked the leader for his gesture.
PM Modi, alongside Australia’s deputy prime minister Richard Marles were present at the stadium in the final and the duo also handed the coveted World Cup trophy to winning captain Pat Cummins in the post-match presentation.
This week, Team India returned to action in the shortest format of the game with Suryakumar Yadav – member of the World Cup squad – leading the side. Suryakumar had played in the final and met PM Modi in the dressing room, and spoke in great detail about the meeting on the sidelines of the side’s ongoing T20I series against Australia.
“After the loss, we were in the dressing room and our country’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji came to the dressing room and met everyone and gave us motivation. He said that it’s a sport and winning and losing is a part of it, ups and downs do come. He asked us to take it in stride. It will surely take some time to get over the loss but his motivating speech for 5-6 minutes meant a lot. As a country’s leader, coming to the dressing room to motivate a sports team, it was a big thing for us. We heard him really well. Spent time with him,” said Suryakumar Yadav.
The 33-year-old batter also thanked the fans for their relentless support throughout the World Cup campaign. Even during the side’s return in T20Is post the World Cup, it was a full house in Visakhapatnam as India registered a dramatic two-wicket win.
“Its been 4-5 days since the World Cup 2023 finals and everyone is disappointed, we are disappointed. It was nice to see the kind of support our fans in India and from all over the world showed. At the end of the day, it’s a sport, it teaches us a lot. Keep showering your love on us,” said Suryakumar Yadav.
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